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Russian Recluse Vladimir Putin Is on the Loose Alliance Building

The reception Russian President Vladimir Putin received for his visit with the President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, was nothing short of exquisite. The Russian president’s arrival was met with ceremonies no U.S. president ever received. The spectacle in Abu Dhabi rivalled even that of Pope Francis in November. The events culminated at the imposing Qasr Al Watan Palace, where both leaders seemed dwarfed by the extravagance of one of the world’s finest landmarks of art and culture in the world. The welcoming must-have been puzzling for Americans…

Phil Butler

Taiwan: foreign policy aspects of the landscape before the electoral battle

On 27 November this year, the nomination period expired and the registration process for candidates for the positions of president and vice president, as well as for the 113-seat Taiwanese parliament, took place. This finalised the pool of politicians drawn from the island’s major political parties, all of whom have some chance of fulfilling their ambitions in the upcoming quadrennial general election on 13 January 2024. Of particular interest, of course, are the candidates for the presidency. They were incumbent Vice President…

Vladimir Terehov

Washington and Tokyo are Preparing for a Conflict Over Taiwan

Japan sees itself as “Poland for Ukraine” in the event of escalation, and the United States is actively ramping up its production of the latest weapons. A little more than a month is left until the presidential elections in Taiwan, scheduled for January 13, 2024. In the run-up to elections, the candidate from Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is currently leading in the polls, leaving his contenders from the opposition Kuomintang and the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) behind. The lack of agreement between…

Fernando Gaillardo

US Seeks Plausible Deniability as it Lights Middle East on Fire

Brian Berletic

Turkey’s political grandstanding fails to bring any practical results

Alexandr Svaranc

Putin’s Middle East Trip Deals a Blow to Washington

Salman Rafi Sheikh

News of the assassination attempt on Kim Jong Un

Konstantin Asmolov

Europe is freezing and on the brink of a severe economic crisis

Viktor Mikhin

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